Michael Nava
Author
Series
Henry Rios ; 8
Publisher
Persigo Press
Language
English
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Description
"November, 1984. Criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios, fresh out of rehab and picking up the pieces of his life, reluctantly accepts work as an insurance claims investigator and is immediately is assigned to investigate the apparently accidental death of Bill Ryan. Ryan, part of the great gay migration into San Francisco in the 1970s, has died in his flat of carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty gas line, his young lover barely surviving. Rios's investigation...
Author
Language
English
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Why should Americans who are not gay care about gay rights? In Created Equal, Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff argue that the movement for gay equality is central to the continuing defense of individual liberty in America. Beginning with an examination of the determined assault on gay issues by the religious right, the authors show how this sectarian movement to legislate private religious morality into law undermines the purpose of American constitutional...
Author
Series
Henry Rios ; 9
Language
English
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Description
"Los Angeles, 1986. A group of right-wing Christians has put an initiative on the November ballot to allow health officials to force people with HIV into quarantine camps. It looks like it's going to pass. Rios, now living in LA, agrees to be counsel for a group of young activists who call themselves QUEER [Queers United to End Erasure and Repression]. QUEER claims to be committed to peaceful civil disobedience. But when one of its members is implicated...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From seven-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author Michael Nava comes this unforgettable duet of original Henry Rios mysteries-The Little Death and Goldenboy. These two top-notch legal thrillers, which have been out of print for years, are filled with the author's signature storytelling genius.
The Little Death
In the novel that launched the acclaimed Henry Rios Mystery Series, a lawyer doggedly pursues a murder investigation into the lion's...
Author
Language
English
Description
In the years before the Mexican Revolution, Mexico is ruled by a tiny elite that apes European culture, grows rich from foreign investment, and prizes racial purity. The vast majority of Mexicans, who are native or of mixed native and Spanish blood, are politically powerless and slowly starving to death. Presiding over this corrupt system is Don Porfirio Díaz, the ruthless and inscrutable president of the Republic.
Against this backdrop, The City...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Still reeling after the death of his former lover, criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios unwisely falls for a young actor whom he had successfully defended on trumped-up burglary charges. But just hours after a date with Rios, the man is brutally murdered -- and the trail of circumstantial evidence leads an unscrupulous police detective to Rios' doorstep. And when a second young man, and then a third, are found dead, Rios must fight not only to exonerate...
Author
Series
Henry Rios novel ; 5
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
In Los Angeles, Henry Rios, a gay Mexican-American criminal defense attorney, is asked by a young homosexual to protect him from suspicion in the murder of his lover, a state supreme court judge. By the author of The Hidden Law.
9) Rag and bone
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Gay Mexican American attorney Henry Rios is recovering from a heart attack when he learns that he has a niece that is charged with killing her abusive husband.
10) The hidden law
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
"In just three novels, Michael Nava has established himself as one of the most accomplished, literate suspense writers working today. The Hidden Law, the fourth novel in Nava's award-winning series, sets gay Chicano lawyer Henry Rios searching Los Angeles's underside for a powerful politician's murderer. State Senator Gus Peña has far too many enemies. In the fierce, competitive world of LA politics, savage rivalries are, of course, a given, especially...
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row, Publishers
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
In this third suspense novel by an award-winning writer, Henry Rios, a gay Hispanic lawyer based in Los Angeles, tries to clear a client falsely accused of the murder of a child pornographer and finds a secret buried for fifteen years and a man who has already killed to keep it hidden.
12) Fadeout
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Language
English
Description
"Set in the mid-1960s, Fadeout centers on the disappearance of a Southern California radio personality named Fox Olson. A life insurance claim is filed by Olson's widow and the company holding the policy sends their best man to investigate. The problem is that Olson's body was never found. As Dave Brandstetter begins his investigation, he quickly finds that none of it adds up."--
